Show L ri STOK as f NEWS N SUCKLING PIGS NEED CAFETERIA provide self feeders for litter quite early little pigs need a lot of feed to make hogs of themselves says john P willman of the new york state college of agriculture in recommending seil bell feeders for pigs after they are about three weeks old if the sow Is self fyd the pigs may eat grain brain when they wish f there Is no self feeder for the sow then a creep should be provided so the pigs may eat any time he advises nearly all the sows bows with suckling pigs have been self fed at the college farm at cornell for the past two years it has proved more satisfactory than the hand feeding method especially with litters of six or more pigs the same grain mixture fed the sow Is used for tile tha pigs the mixture has 05 pounds of yellow lellow hominy 20 pounds of wheat 6 5 pounds of fish meal 3 pounds of linseed meal and 7 pounds of chopped alfalfa hay corn meal or ground barley may be substituted for the hominy and may be used in place of the osh fish meal the chopped alfalfa may be left out when the sows bows and litters are on pasture pigs that have been properly fed and handled during the suckling period are the most economical feeders he says sas and in addition the pigs that have hare grain during the suckling period are larger at weaning time and have less setback when weaned lu in addi titon to good feed and plenty of it it pigs should be free from worms and kept in clean dry pens pens should be scrubbed with water and lye ise and then disinfected dis infected before farrowing furrowing far rowing time and the sows bows sides scrubbed with a stiff brush and soap and water before farrowing furrowing far rowing to eliminate possible infection from worms pigs should be hauled to pasture that has haa not been used by hogs for at least two years and kept there for three or four months |